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Dunn County executive committee debates how to handle emailed public comments
Summary
Committee members discussed new rules that stop staff from reading emailed public comments aloud, whether and how to include those emails in packets or acknowledge them, and options for notifying constituents when emails are not accepted as public comment.
The Dunn County Executive Committee on an administrative meeting discussed how the county will handle public comments submitted by email after recent changes to board rules.
County manager Dan said the new process means “we no longer read comments that were sent over email out loud in the meetings,” and staff would instead acknowledge emailed comments in the record and share them with committee members. He urged chairs how they want staff to manage emails that may not meet the rule that comments be “germane to an item on the agenda.”
Committee members and staff debated practical…
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